Manifolding device.



H. H. HILL.

MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1909.

963,556. Patented July 5, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE',

nomen: H. HILL, or sonEnvILLE, MAssaoHUsETTs.

apuestan and :rune 1o, 190e. serial no. so1,se1.`

To all whom fit may concern.' i

Be it known that I, HORACE H. HILL, of

Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented la new and use-v ful Improvement in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to manifolding devices for use in billing goods and for other purposes where a carbon copy of the writing is to be made, andit consists primarily in a board having two clips, one

and I do not intend to imply by any such description of its use as I shall give that it may not be used in many other different ways.

My invention will be understood by reference to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on line 3 3 of Fig. 1, and 4:' is a sectional view showing the construction of the pads on which the board is su ported.

My board in its preferred form is made of a rectangular sect1on,A, of wood, one edge of which is mortised at a to receive the tenon b of the edge piece B. These portions A, B are of such size that the com leted board shall be say 17 by y13', whic is a convenient s ize for ordinary mercantile work, and form the base to whichl the other features are attached.

C is a'facing preferably made of a plate of sheet metal, smooth on its upper surface to form a hard bed over which .to write. Such a surface is always important where manifolding is to be done. This plate may be attached to the base by bolts c' or otherwise as convenient. The plate C extends from oneside or edge of the art A toward the other side and substantia 1y to the joint between A and B. The art B which is joined to the part A an is of the same thickness therewith is covered with a stri D of heavy paper or the like which wil serve as a yieldmg bed so that it may coto the part operate with the clips E, F, to hold the billing sheets in lace. This strip D is attached b'y glue or in any other convenient way. he part B has a rib or straight-edge B1 which is formed of a separate piece, say thick, which is attached to the edge of the piece B to serve as a support for the clips E and F and also as a straight edge to position vthe foundation sheet of the work, and its upper surface slopes from its outer edge downward toward the board for the purpose below stated.

The cli s E, F are located one in advance of the ot er so that one of them E may be used to hold the under wider sheets in place, while the other F while it will grip both sheets is intended to hold the upper or removable sheet. For this purpose the clip F is provided with means for lifting i.' independent of the means used to lift clip E, although the means for lifting clip E will also lift clip F. The clips E and F are mounted on the end of spring arms e, f, which are attached to 'the top of the straight-edge rib B1 by bolts G, the heads of which are counterbored into the under side of the edge piece B and pass up through the straight-edge rib B1 and are capped by nuts g. Levers e1, f1 are also provided to lift the cli s. A. hanger B2 attached to the straight-e ge rib B1 by screws b1 has a hole b1 by which to han up the board. Its end b3 projects underA t e ever e1 to serve as a bearing surface or fulcrum about which the lever e1 may be rocked to lift the clip E against the force of the spring arms e. The lever e1 acts in the Same way as a bearing surface for the lever f1 about which the lever f1 may be rocked to lift the clip F. This construction as shown is such that upon rocking the lever e1 to lift the cli E the clip F will also be lifted. And this is desirable because as a rule 4the under sheet is never removed without removing also the sheet which is held by the cli F. In practice the user lifts the clip E, t en places one ed e of the lower sheet against the rib B1 anfgl thereafter releases the clip E and places one edge of the upper sheet against it.

Speclcation of Letters Patent. l Patented J 5, 1910. i

be supposed that forexam le a carbon copy of the original of certain ills or entries is to be made u on a ermanent sheet of say a loose leaf sa es book. This leaf is first put in place with one of its edges against the straight-edgeprib B1 which insures itsbeing 4'5 sup orted so as to allow one'or, bothof'them done by The levers1 being absolutely strai ht u on the board; and

' lbon sheet. Alllthis'is e ressin'the outer' end of the` Ih lifts oth' clips E and F, andV upon it isxlace acar lever e1 whic allows lthe sheets rto be s ipped mtoplace.- `re'lea thelever` fis liftedwhich allows a bill orcharge slip to be 'placed under the clip'F with its side edge against the clip -E which insures the placing the-slip'f straight in the device.` The lever ff being lreleased the necessary entry is madevwhich' is du licated-iby the carbon sheet onthe ledger eaf. .Theslip may then the lever f1 r sheet, and

beremoved byagain depressin which does not release ythe :anew slip placed under-*the 'clip- F as before,l taking care not toplace it exactly over whoy position whioh tho arsoslip oooupioa andthe operationfis repeated.v

.It is evident that the clips must have a rmhold on the paper and in order that the spring arms e," f may beiadjustedfrem time Y" to time if necessary I prefer to make the top of Vtheribllslo ing asdescribed'and to' side ofthe', armse, f, .so that they may be have the nutsg o the bolts G ron theupper screwed .together from time to time necnoiselessI have' countersunk recessesrv H in. the-under side of `theboardand have? lued To prevent the board scratchin the desk on whichit is used and toren er it or otherwise fastened thereinpieces' o felt H1l which reject somewhatbelow the under surface o the board. The vedge 11. of the recess is preferably somewhat deeper than the mildle Portion SQ as to. provide o pookoo for thaedgeof tho felt.Y f

It is evident .that this inventionfisfnot limited to' the exact lconstruction shownjas modifications within the terms :of the claims Will'loccur'to those skilled in the art'.l

f' nesses of I have usedthe expression spring arms'butv it is only essential to thesuccess of m invention that they clips `shall 'be yieldingly to e lifted lto receive oneor moreothickaper. WhenA released the clips v will hold t e paper securely in place. 7j

` What I claim as my inventionis: Y y

1. A manifolding device comprising `a board having a rib at one side thereof` y,and

ferent theother; i manifolding device comprising af l lps normally engaging said vboard in es, one clip jbeing, in advance'of -videdwith afrib. and spring arms carryin esame f A, v3. A' mamfoldingdevice comprising a bill-board having a rib at one end thereof eachsetfbeing' and two sets of `vspring attached at one end to said rib-'and carrying atthe other end: a clip g ps eralinement andwill be held in place ro Ey goth of said clips when they are'released. 4o.' A lmanifolding device comprising a board havinga ribat one end. thereofftwo s ets. of spring' arms mounted Athereon each4 set of spring arms carlging a clip',-foneset4 of said varms overreac ingvthe other set whereby said clips will-.engagesaid-board at dilferentfdistances from'saidl rib. 5. A manifolding device vcomprising a board having a rib at one end thereof, two

setsl of spring armsv mountedA thereon each ca rrying acl, one set-ofsaid armsandits clip overrea mg the other set, and' two rocking levers onev mounted on 'each clip, saidlevers bein 'located one above the other.

normally enagiln f l said'board,- 'and means forlifting sai c whereby a` sheet rmay be under sald 'clips andagainstosaid ribI to bring itin Y6. A manifo ding device comprising a board having ar rib at one end thereof, two

sets of springarms mounted thereon each carrymga clip, one set of saidarm's audits .clip overreaching the other set, ltwo rocking levers one mounted-on each'xclip, saidjlevers being located one above the other, the upper lever engagingthe lower lever to rock there# on, anda rest located below thelower lever to serve as a f ulcrum upon which it may be,

rocked. 7. In a manifolding deviceya board proclips adapted to holdone or more `sheets o paper in-'place u on' saidlboard,` theupper surface o said ri slant' Ytoward the suruper surface of said-rib in a lane yparallel withthe plane o said are adapted to beadboard whereby the lane of the upper surface justed toward the 'fronsenH. BILL. Witnesseszu' l f M. E. FLAHEBTY,

J. D. MoPrmisoz.

face of said 'board and sai arms being bolted to the substantla 

